Towa no Mirai: Elemental Gem Stones: #8-Chimei Onpu de Youkai! Shi no Uta ga Yomu
- The Demon with the Fatal Music! The Song of Death is Recited -
By: Reiko Aya (KitsuneMaya@koreanmail.com) and Towasei Norei (Mokuro29802@aol.com)
Official Webpage: http://towa-no-mirai.tk [http://freewebs.com/mayamukuro]
I wonder where Kushiyè went off to again. Hiei wondered as the Reikai Tantei looked through the Youkai Mori in search of the runaway okami. Just when they were about to give up and leave, they heard a voice singing a song (resembling Epona's Song from Legend of Zelda), The voice, tinted with an Australian accent, echoed through Youkai Mori.
"Kushiyè!" Yusuke called, running toward the voice with the rest of the Reikai Tantei following. They found Kushiyè surrounded by a pack of fifteen wolves. The wolves scattered away and Kushiyè walked up to Yusuke.
"What are you doing here?" she asked softly. Yusuke was still dazed by the beautiful song and voice. "HELLO? Anyone there?" Kushiyè called to Yusuke, who got his attention back immediately.
"What? Oh, sorry. Umm...we came to find you," Yusuke answered.
Hiei ran over to Kushiyè and grabbed her wrist. "Come on, we have to go. I sense a Youso Youkai."
Kushiyè yelped when Hiei tugged her wrist hard. The other tantei followed, but they stopped when they reached the edge of the city.
"Oww! Hiei, you definitely have to learn to be softer. THAT HURT! Nano yo?!" Kushiyè looked up at Hiei. He was being serious. "Hiei, what's wrong?" She looked to the diretion that Hiei was staring toward and gasped. A female youkai with orange hair, brown eyes, and dark skin stood on a treetop.
Follow me. She said telepathically to Hiei, her silky voice controlling his senses.
"Come on," Hiei ordered, pulling her along again.
"Where are we going, Hiei?"
"Just come on."
"Hiei...Where are we going?" Kushiyè asked, wishing he would stop tugging her arm so hard.
Hiei didn't let go. "We're nearly there..." he responded as an old building came into view. A small tug made its door crash down, breaking from its rusty hinges.
Kushiyè looked around worridly. "Why are we here?"
He held a finger iin front of her face to discontinue her speaking. "There's an Elemental Youkai here." He spoke in a low, almost whispering voice.
Kushiyè's eyes widened. She too lowered her voice. "Are you planning on fighting it? We should have at least brought the others for backup."
"I didn't want to bring anyone else," Hiei answered.
"At least let me fight," Kushiye offered. "You've just recovered."
He considered the idea, and then nodded. "If you think you're strong enough to...I mean, you were kidnapped by Yousoyama."
Kushiyè frowned,"Don't worry about me. I hate attention, remember?" She smiled sweetly at him before turning to the depths of the abandoned building. "Come out so that we can fight!" her Australian voice demanded.
"Well, you seem to be eager to do battle," a pleasant voice chimed. "I suppose I'll be able to...but first I must get my job done. I understand you're not quite in a fighting mood...and I can help you with that." A figure appeared from the shadows. "This place is lovely, isn't it? It's an old auditorium. Musicians and artists used to perform here nonstop...but then there was that mysterious fire..."
Hiei and Kushiyè took a moment to examine their charred surroundings.
"Nobody bothered fixing it then...and it saddens me that music can't ring aloud here any longer." She paused, saddened by that fact. "But I wish to restore the music, at least for right now. But alone I don't have that power." She held up a small gem, humming a haunting rhythym. "I've collected the voices of many into this gem. I need one more in order for my work to be complete, and it has to be the voice of someone you, Kushiyè, care about, so that my duty may be fulfilled as well."
"Monster..." Kushiyè growled.
The demon closed her eyes and lifted the hand that held the Elemental Gem Stone of Music. "And now I, Yousoei, will perform a song of restoration, The Soul Refrain, at the price of a voice."
Kushiyè shivered at the title. That alone was chilling.
Return to me, flowing through memories
With gentleness to the source of dreams
Shine to the stars once more, to be born
The Soul Refrain
As the song started, Kushiyè felt as if she were being bound together. She saw that Hiei was struggling with the same effect as she had.
Naked skin in the blue shadows,
Trembling inside of time.
As if seeking to know the whereabouts of life,
Your fingertips search me.
Kushiyè watched fearfully as they both were made helpless, and fell to their knees. Could as spell this powerful be activated in song?
The you that was embraced by fate
Blooms in season like the ephemearal flower
Holding the scent of hope to your chest
Scattering it hurridly in splendid form.
Now it seemed as if Hiei were in pain. Seeing his eyes shut tight and his mouth closed up made her intentions obvious. She was going to steal his voice! Hiei would be made mute if Kushiyè couldn't find a way to stop Yousoei.
Return to me, before you were born
You passed over the Earth
Return to this hand, to meet again
Miracles happen, but how often?
The Soul Refrain
Kushiyè couldn't move, not even with the motivation she had. As Hiei slowly exhaled, she saw the Musical Elemental Gem Stone glow brilliantly and then whistle. That whistle...Kushiyè struggled to cover her ears, but her hands were forceably planted to the ground firmly before her knees As she fought the urge to kill the first thing she saw, she knew now that Hiei was stripped of his voice, which was weakened previously by Yousoyama.
When you close your eyes in prayer
The world disappears into the darkness
Even so, the heartbeat again starts to move
Searching for constrained eternity.
How dare that demon sing about something like prayer? The religious Kushiyè thought, angry and frustrated.
Return to me, flowing through memories
With gentleness to the source of dreams
You, too, return to meet and love
Heart and body repeat.
The Soul Refrain
Yousoei was really testing Kushiyè now. She was also getting her way. She got the voice she wanted, and had angered Kushiyè by this. Not to mention the irritating whistling the gem emmited, making her head spin and her blood boil. But...she couldn't give up. No one else was going to fight.
Return to me, before you were born
You passed over the Earth
Return to this hand, to meet again
Miracles happen, but how often?
As the song faded in conclusion, Kushiyè finally was able to break free. She stood up and glanced over at Hiei. He was still in taht slumped position. Kushiyè wondered what it was like to have your voice stolen, especially after a difficult battle. She turned to face Yousoei. She was ready to fight.
* * * *
Chunzhu quickly looked up at the sound of her doorbell ringing. Confused, as she had almost never had a visitor, she rushed there right away. "Nihao (Hello)!" she cried when she saw the Reikai Tantei, minus Hiei, at the door. She paused. "Where's Hiei-san?"
"He dragged Kushiyè off somewhere," Yusuke explained. "Something about an Elemental Demon."
Chunzhu's face lit up. "Really? That's great!" She loved the thought of another Elemental Gem Stone being safely recovered.
Kuwabara looked at her as if she were crazy. "But Kushiyè and the shrimp are missing!"
"And we hoped you could find them. Is there some way you can sense the gemstones, or something?" Kurama asked.
Chunzhu smiled at him. She was going to ask why they were here, but it seemed like he already knew what she was thinking.
"I will try my best." Chunzhu went outside with them and sat down. She closed her eyes and everyone felt a faint energy around her. She suddenly snapped her eyes open. "It is the Gem Stone of Music."
"What about Hiei and Kushiyè?" Yusuke asked.
"They are leaving...The demon has fled. Kushiyè seems angry, and Hiei...there's something wrong with him...I can't tell. And although I do know where they are," She looked up at them. "We should not go find them. They might need a few moments alone. It would be rude."
"What if they need backup? You know, in case the demon shows up?" Kuwabara wondered.
Chunzhu turned back to her house. "Do not worry. They are strong." She stepped calmly inside.
"How could she underreact like that?" Kurama began walking from her house, along with the others.
Yusuke shrugged. "I would've thought she'd say something lame like, um," He made his voice rediculously high-pitched in a futile attempt of doing an impersonation, "'We must find them! What if they are hurt or in trouble?!'"
Kuwabara nodded, "Sounds more like her."
"I think," Kurama began. "Something happened that we don't know about. I'll have a talk with her sometime. But...do you think we should go find them? Maybe it would be best to leave them alone..."
* * * *
"Where are they? It shouldn't take this long to exit the Youkai Mori," Yusuke angrily said.
Yukina walked out of Genkai's temple, where they had gathered. "It is strange about how long it's taking them to exit. I hope they're alright."
After about a minute, two demons came into the horizon.
"Finally!" Yusuke ran up to the two, but without even a hello, the two demons walked right past him. "Well that was nice," Yusuke said with his hands on his hips.
"Are you two okay?" Yukina walked up to Hiei and Kushiyè. Hiei didn't answer, not that he could, and Kushiyè stayed still, her back facing the others.
Yusuke noticed something about her three wolf tails. They were bushy and puffed up.
"Psst...Kurama, what does that mean? Puffed tails?" Yusuke whispered to the kitsune.
"Huh? Why?" Kurama asked, for he didn't see the tails. Yusuke pointed to them. "Oh, don't go near her. She will attack, even if we're her friends. Something really bad must have happened to make them fluff out like that. Oh, and another warning: If you do go near her, expect no mercy," Kurama warned Yusuke.
Yusuke gave a nervous chuckle. "Okay, nice images." His eyes twitched, imagining what the consequences would be.
* * * *
"I wonder what the others are doing," Chunzhu said as she walked by the Youkai Mori's boundaries.
Should I? Chunzhu questioned herself.
"No...no...Leave them," a voice with a mellow tone to it rang inside Chunzhu's head.
Why did it sound familiar...? Was it speaking to her?! "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Chunzhu ran into the Youkai Mori.
"Go back...Go back...GO BACK!" The voice kept getting louder, closer.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Chunzhu ran faster. She got to Genkai's shriine and knew she was close to it. She stopped to take a break, and she noticed the voice was gone.
What was that? Chunzhu asked herself. She looked over her shoulder to find the temple with everyone there. She ran over to it.
Before she got into sight of the others, she stopped to see if she could hear the voice again and looked to see if anyone was following her. "Good."
* * * *
"Hi!" Chunzhu said cheerfully while everyone else was trying to get some answers from the mute Hiei.
"Huh? RI-CHAN!" Kurama ran up to the paranoid kitsune.
"Ri-chan?" Yusuke had a confused face, wondering where that name came from.
"My nickname for her," Kurama answered.
"Right...she doesn't have that long of a name, ya know."
"Kurama, what is wrong with Kushiyè and Hiei?" Chunzhu asked.
"For some reason, Hiei won't speak and Kushiyè is very angry. Just look at her tai- Huh?" Before Kurama finished his sentence, Chunzhu was already walking up to Hiei.
"Hiei?" She called Hiei's name. Hiei turned his head and faced her. "You're mute, are you not?"
"WHAT?!" Everybody got surprised when she said that. Nearly everyone. Kushiyè wasn't paying attention to what was going on around her. She kept still. Chunzhu walked behind her and put her hand on Kushiyè's shoulder. Before anyone could finish warning her, Kushiyè bit the unsuspecting kitsune. Chunzhu snatched her hand away. She was very surprised that Kushiyè had actually bit her and drew blood. The only time Kushiè bit Chunzhu was when they had first met, and that was for self-defense. Kushiyè gave a snarl and transformed into her wolf form. She started to growl at them, and looked like she was about to attack, but instead, she transformed back and jumped into the tree right above them.
"Okay, what just happened?" Yusuke asked.
Kushiyè's eyes widened as she sensed a demon.
"YOUSOEI!" She stood up and jumped off.
"Wait! There she goes again..."
She followed after her, following the scent she had left behind as she fled.
Hiei looked up with concern.
"She will be back," Chunzhu reassured, sitting down to see to her hand.
"She always seems to run off like that..." Kuwabara observed. "Why do you think she does that so often?"
"She has halways not really been the type that greatly enjoys company." Chunzhu let Yukina examine the bite and try to heal her. "This time, she has something to do. I cannot let an Elemental Gem Stone get away."
"This one's power is music?" Yusuke recalled.
Chunzhu nodded.
"That shouldn't be so hard," he guessed. "What's the worst that could happen? Becoming deaf?"
"Possibly. But there are also songs that can be used as spells," Kurama explaiined. "There are many possibilities when that can be done. It really depends on the strength level of the user. In some cases, the effects can be devestating."
"And I guess that means...if Kushiyè doesn't plan the fight out right, then she could get killed," Yusuke figured out.
Nods came from Kurama and Chunzhu.
"Shit..." he muttered.
"Why is that bad?" Chunzhu asked, examining her healed hand. "You are not the one fighting."
"That's what firends do," Yusuke said. "You know that."
Friends...Such an awkward word... "Yes...I forgot that." Chunzhu looked away with a small nod. After a little fidgeting, she got up. "I am going inside now," she explained.
"What about religion? You can handle it all by yourself?" Yusuke asked.
Chunzhu nodded, but then went over to Hiei. "I think I know what is wrong. May I suggest a run-in with the power of the Onpu no Gyouku (Gem stone of Music)?"
He looked up, a little surprised.
She cheerfully nodded, and then walked in.
- The Demon with the Fatal Music! The Song of Death is Recited -
By: Reiko Aya (KitsuneMaya@koreanmail.com) and Towasei Norei (Mokuro29802@aol.com)
Official Webpage: http://towa-no-mirai.tk [http://freewebs.com/mayamukuro]
I wonder where Kushiyè went off to again. Hiei wondered as the Reikai Tantei looked through the Youkai Mori in search of the runaway okami. Just when they were about to give up and leave, they heard a voice singing a song (resembling Epona's Song from Legend of Zelda), The voice, tinted with an Australian accent, echoed through Youkai Mori.
"Kushiyè!" Yusuke called, running toward the voice with the rest of the Reikai Tantei following. They found Kushiyè surrounded by a pack of fifteen wolves. The wolves scattered away and Kushiyè walked up to Yusuke.
"What are you doing here?" she asked softly. Yusuke was still dazed by the beautiful song and voice. "HELLO? Anyone there?" Kushiyè called to Yusuke, who got his attention back immediately.
"What? Oh, sorry. Umm...we came to find you," Yusuke answered.
Hiei ran over to Kushiyè and grabbed her wrist. "Come on, we have to go. I sense a Youso Youkai."
Kushiyè yelped when Hiei tugged her wrist hard. The other tantei followed, but they stopped when they reached the edge of the city.
"Oww! Hiei, you definitely have to learn to be softer. THAT HURT! Nano yo?!" Kushiyè looked up at Hiei. He was being serious. "Hiei, what's wrong?" She looked to the diretion that Hiei was staring toward and gasped. A female youkai with orange hair, brown eyes, and dark skin stood on a treetop.
Follow me. She said telepathically to Hiei, her silky voice controlling his senses.
"Come on," Hiei ordered, pulling her along again.
"Where are we going, Hiei?"
"Just come on."
"Hiei...Where are we going?" Kushiyè asked, wishing he would stop tugging her arm so hard.
Hiei didn't let go. "We're nearly there..." he responded as an old building came into view. A small tug made its door crash down, breaking from its rusty hinges.
Kushiyè looked around worridly. "Why are we here?"
He held a finger iin front of her face to discontinue her speaking. "There's an Elemental Youkai here." He spoke in a low, almost whispering voice.
Kushiyè's eyes widened. She too lowered her voice. "Are you planning on fighting it? We should have at least brought the others for backup."
"I didn't want to bring anyone else," Hiei answered.
"At least let me fight," Kushiye offered. "You've just recovered."
He considered the idea, and then nodded. "If you think you're strong enough to...I mean, you were kidnapped by Yousoyama."
Kushiyè frowned,"Don't worry about me. I hate attention, remember?" She smiled sweetly at him before turning to the depths of the abandoned building. "Come out so that we can fight!" her Australian voice demanded.
"Well, you seem to be eager to do battle," a pleasant voice chimed. "I suppose I'll be able to...but first I must get my job done. I understand you're not quite in a fighting mood...and I can help you with that." A figure appeared from the shadows. "This place is lovely, isn't it? It's an old auditorium. Musicians and artists used to perform here nonstop...but then there was that mysterious fire..."
Hiei and Kushiyè took a moment to examine their charred surroundings.
"Nobody bothered fixing it then...and it saddens me that music can't ring aloud here any longer." She paused, saddened by that fact. "But I wish to restore the music, at least for right now. But alone I don't have that power." She held up a small gem, humming a haunting rhythym. "I've collected the voices of many into this gem. I need one more in order for my work to be complete, and it has to be the voice of someone you, Kushiyè, care about, so that my duty may be fulfilled as well."
"Monster..." Kushiyè growled.
The demon closed her eyes and lifted the hand that held the Elemental Gem Stone of Music. "And now I, Yousoei, will perform a song of restoration, The Soul Refrain, at the price of a voice."
Kushiyè shivered at the title. That alone was chilling.
Return to me, flowing through memories
With gentleness to the source of dreams
Shine to the stars once more, to be born
The Soul Refrain
As the song started, Kushiyè felt as if she were being bound together. She saw that Hiei was struggling with the same effect as she had.
Naked skin in the blue shadows,
Trembling inside of time.
As if seeking to know the whereabouts of life,
Your fingertips search me.
Kushiyè watched fearfully as they both were made helpless, and fell to their knees. Could as spell this powerful be activated in song?
The you that was embraced by fate
Blooms in season like the ephemearal flower
Holding the scent of hope to your chest
Scattering it hurridly in splendid form.
Now it seemed as if Hiei were in pain. Seeing his eyes shut tight and his mouth closed up made her intentions obvious. She was going to steal his voice! Hiei would be made mute if Kushiyè couldn't find a way to stop Yousoei.
Return to me, before you were born
You passed over the Earth
Return to this hand, to meet again
Miracles happen, but how often?
The Soul Refrain
Kushiyè couldn't move, not even with the motivation she had. As Hiei slowly exhaled, she saw the Musical Elemental Gem Stone glow brilliantly and then whistle. That whistle...Kushiyè struggled to cover her ears, but her hands were forceably planted to the ground firmly before her knees As she fought the urge to kill the first thing she saw, she knew now that Hiei was stripped of his voice, which was weakened previously by Yousoyama.
When you close your eyes in prayer
The world disappears into the darkness
Even so, the heartbeat again starts to move
Searching for constrained eternity.
How dare that demon sing about something like prayer? The religious Kushiyè thought, angry and frustrated.
Return to me, flowing through memories
With gentleness to the source of dreams
You, too, return to meet and love
Heart and body repeat.
The Soul Refrain
Yousoei was really testing Kushiyè now. She was also getting her way. She got the voice she wanted, and had angered Kushiyè by this. Not to mention the irritating whistling the gem emmited, making her head spin and her blood boil. But...she couldn't give up. No one else was going to fight.
Return to me, before you were born
You passed over the Earth
Return to this hand, to meet again
Miracles happen, but how often?
As the song faded in conclusion, Kushiyè finally was able to break free. She stood up and glanced over at Hiei. He was still in taht slumped position. Kushiyè wondered what it was like to have your voice stolen, especially after a difficult battle. She turned to face Yousoei. She was ready to fight.
* * * *
Chunzhu quickly looked up at the sound of her doorbell ringing. Confused, as she had almost never had a visitor, she rushed there right away. "Nihao (Hello)!" she cried when she saw the Reikai Tantei, minus Hiei, at the door. She paused. "Where's Hiei-san?"
"He dragged Kushiyè off somewhere," Yusuke explained. "Something about an Elemental Demon."
Chunzhu's face lit up. "Really? That's great!" She loved the thought of another Elemental Gem Stone being safely recovered.
Kuwabara looked at her as if she were crazy. "But Kushiyè and the shrimp are missing!"
"And we hoped you could find them. Is there some way you can sense the gemstones, or something?" Kurama asked.
Chunzhu smiled at him. She was going to ask why they were here, but it seemed like he already knew what she was thinking.
"I will try my best." Chunzhu went outside with them and sat down. She closed her eyes and everyone felt a faint energy around her. She suddenly snapped her eyes open. "It is the Gem Stone of Music."
"What about Hiei and Kushiyè?" Yusuke asked.
"They are leaving...The demon has fled. Kushiyè seems angry, and Hiei...there's something wrong with him...I can't tell. And although I do know where they are," She looked up at them. "We should not go find them. They might need a few moments alone. It would be rude."
"What if they need backup? You know, in case the demon shows up?" Kuwabara wondered.
Chunzhu turned back to her house. "Do not worry. They are strong." She stepped calmly inside.
"How could she underreact like that?" Kurama began walking from her house, along with the others.
Yusuke shrugged. "I would've thought she'd say something lame like, um," He made his voice rediculously high-pitched in a futile attempt of doing an impersonation, "'We must find them! What if they are hurt or in trouble?!'"
Kuwabara nodded, "Sounds more like her."
"I think," Kurama began. "Something happened that we don't know about. I'll have a talk with her sometime. But...do you think we should go find them? Maybe it would be best to leave them alone..."
* * * *
"Where are they? It shouldn't take this long to exit the Youkai Mori," Yusuke angrily said.
Yukina walked out of Genkai's temple, where they had gathered. "It is strange about how long it's taking them to exit. I hope they're alright."
After about a minute, two demons came into the horizon.
"Finally!" Yusuke ran up to the two, but without even a hello, the two demons walked right past him. "Well that was nice," Yusuke said with his hands on his hips.
"Are you two okay?" Yukina walked up to Hiei and Kushiyè. Hiei didn't answer, not that he could, and Kushiyè stayed still, her back facing the others.
Yusuke noticed something about her three wolf tails. They were bushy and puffed up.
"Psst...Kurama, what does that mean? Puffed tails?" Yusuke whispered to the kitsune.
"Huh? Why?" Kurama asked, for he didn't see the tails. Yusuke pointed to them. "Oh, don't go near her. She will attack, even if we're her friends. Something really bad must have happened to make them fluff out like that. Oh, and another warning: If you do go near her, expect no mercy," Kurama warned Yusuke.
Yusuke gave a nervous chuckle. "Okay, nice images." His eyes twitched, imagining what the consequences would be.
* * * *
"I wonder what the others are doing," Chunzhu said as she walked by the Youkai Mori's boundaries.
Should I? Chunzhu questioned herself.
"No...no...Leave them," a voice with a mellow tone to it rang inside Chunzhu's head.
Why did it sound familiar...? Was it speaking to her?! "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Chunzhu ran into the Youkai Mori.
"Go back...Go back...GO BACK!" The voice kept getting louder, closer.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Chunzhu ran faster. She got to Genkai's shriine and knew she was close to it. She stopped to take a break, and she noticed the voice was gone.
What was that? Chunzhu asked herself. She looked over her shoulder to find the temple with everyone there. She ran over to it.
Before she got into sight of the others, she stopped to see if she could hear the voice again and looked to see if anyone was following her. "Good."
* * * *
"Hi!" Chunzhu said cheerfully while everyone else was trying to get some answers from the mute Hiei.
"Huh? RI-CHAN!" Kurama ran up to the paranoid kitsune.
"Ri-chan?" Yusuke had a confused face, wondering where that name came from.
"My nickname for her," Kurama answered.
"Right...she doesn't have that long of a name, ya know."
"Kurama, what is wrong with Kushiyè and Hiei?" Chunzhu asked.
"For some reason, Hiei won't speak and Kushiyè is very angry. Just look at her tai- Huh?" Before Kurama finished his sentence, Chunzhu was already walking up to Hiei.
"Hiei?" She called Hiei's name. Hiei turned his head and faced her. "You're mute, are you not?"
"WHAT?!" Everybody got surprised when she said that. Nearly everyone. Kushiyè wasn't paying attention to what was going on around her. She kept still. Chunzhu walked behind her and put her hand on Kushiyè's shoulder. Before anyone could finish warning her, Kushiyè bit the unsuspecting kitsune. Chunzhu snatched her hand away. She was very surprised that Kushiyè had actually bit her and drew blood. The only time Kushiè bit Chunzhu was when they had first met, and that was for self-defense. Kushiyè gave a snarl and transformed into her wolf form. She started to growl at them, and looked like she was about to attack, but instead, she transformed back and jumped into the tree right above them.
"Okay, what just happened?" Yusuke asked.
Kushiyè's eyes widened as she sensed a demon.
"YOUSOEI!" She stood up and jumped off.
"Wait! There she goes again..."
She followed after her, following the scent she had left behind as she fled.
Hiei looked up with concern.
"She will be back," Chunzhu reassured, sitting down to see to her hand.
"She always seems to run off like that..." Kuwabara observed. "Why do you think she does that so often?"
"She has halways not really been the type that greatly enjoys company." Chunzhu let Yukina examine the bite and try to heal her. "This time, she has something to do. I cannot let an Elemental Gem Stone get away."
"This one's power is music?" Yusuke recalled.
Chunzhu nodded.
"That shouldn't be so hard," he guessed. "What's the worst that could happen? Becoming deaf?"
"Possibly. But there are also songs that can be used as spells," Kurama explaiined. "There are many possibilities when that can be done. It really depends on the strength level of the user. In some cases, the effects can be devestating."
"And I guess that means...if Kushiyè doesn't plan the fight out right, then she could get killed," Yusuke figured out.
Nods came from Kurama and Chunzhu.
"Shit..." he muttered.
"Why is that bad?" Chunzhu asked, examining her healed hand. "You are not the one fighting."
"That's what firends do," Yusuke said. "You know that."
Friends...Such an awkward word... "Yes...I forgot that." Chunzhu looked away with a small nod. After a little fidgeting, she got up. "I am going inside now," she explained.
"What about religion? You can handle it all by yourself?" Yusuke asked.
Chunzhu nodded, but then went over to Hiei. "I think I know what is wrong. May I suggest a run-in with the power of the Onpu no Gyouku (Gem stone of Music)?"
He looked up, a little surprised.
She cheerfully nodded, and then walked in.